Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing

$45.00

Subject: Art & Art Instruction

Author: Moss, Adam

Publisher: Penguin Press

Date Published: 04-2024

ISBN: 059329758X | EAN: 9780593297582

BasicBinding: Hardcover

Features: Illustrated, Price on Product | Pages: 432

Annotation: "What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work--the tortuous paths and artistic decisions--that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, [and] breakthroughs--on to one triumphant finish after another"--

"What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work--the tortuous paths and artistic decisions--that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, [and] breakthroughs--on to one triumphant finish after another"--

Subject: Art & Art Instruction
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